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Historical Event on 12/14/1998

The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
2/23/1996North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.